Kaoru Moto (Japanese: 茂戸 薫,[1] April 25, 1917 – August 26, 1992) was a United States Army soldier.

[2] He was posthumously awarded the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.

On that day, near Castellina Marittima, Italy, he single-handedly silenced two enemy machine gun positions while acting as a scout, and then destroyed a third despite being seriously wounded.

In a ceremony at the White House on June 21, 2000, his surviving family was presented with his Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton.

While serving as first scout, Private First Class Moto observed a machine gun nest that was hindering his platoon's progress.

Taking his prisoner with him, Private First Class Moto took a position a few yards from a house to prevent the enemy from using the building as an observation post.